South Dakota legal term
Detention in South Dakota Criminal Law
Current through 2026 South Dakota legislative session
In South Dakota criminal law, “Detention” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the South Dakota criminal code.
What does “Detention” mean in South Dakota criminal law?
(15) "Detention," the temporary custody of a child in secured physically restricting facilities for children, sight and sound separated from adult prisoners; (16) "Detention facility," a secured, physically- restricting facility designed, staffed, and operated for children and separated by sight and sound from adult prisoners or a facility for children in the same building or secure perimeter as an adult jail or lockup, where children are sight and sound separated from adult prisoners, where staff in the detention facility are trained and certified by the entity operating facility to work with (SDCL § 26-7A-1)
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